Am 28.09.07, 09:17 +0200 schrieb Cyrille Berger: > On Friday 28 September 2007, Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote: > > Flexibility is always a good argument, so I take it here. Following this, > > the swatches spec should, in my opinion, allow arbitrary data as long as > > it is in text form. > > Can you give us an example of use for arbitary data that can't be added to > the > spec now or ever ? I am quiet wary of unspecified "arbitrary data", which > means that an application can store usefull information in there, but be the > only one able to read it.
Look at the ICC, Tiff, OpenEXR or HTML specs. They all allow for extensions in one or another form and only encurage to provide further information and sometimes tries to coordinate later. For instance Oyranos needs short hand names of colour names and long versions. If you dont like such in the spec, thats now an acceptable decision. Just in Oyranos I wants to use the format with said non spec things and possibly more like spectral data. The spec dont need to care, but should be open to let others do what they see fit their needs. kind regards Kai-Uwe Behrmann -- developing for colour management www.behrmann.name + www.oyranos.org + www.cinepaint.org _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
